The RNC's Defense of Trump's Undeniable Corruption is a Master Class of Hypocrisy and Dishonesty

The Republican National Committee upheld the party's tradition of simply lying to the public's face with the assurance that no one in the media will dare to call them on it.

Earlier today, the Attorneys General for Maryland and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for flagrantly violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution from the second he took his oath of office. The clause prevents the president (or any elected official for that matter) from accepting payments from foreign governments such as, for instance, renting space at a hotel owned by said president as a means of lining his pockets, aka, a bribe.

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We knew this was going to be a problem long before Trump was elected and he swore that he would divest himself from all of his holdings. To the surprise of exactly no one, Trump lied and essentially hung a "for sale" sign on the door to the Oval Office. Want to get in the good graces of the President of the United States? Better cancel that reservation at the Hilton and switch it over to a Trump property.

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The case clearly has merit and if it proceeds, could have dire consequences for Trump and his Republican enablers who have been ignoring his corruption since he won the primary. So of course the RNC released a statement that reeked of pure, unfiltered bullshit:

This is what it looks like when one of our two major political parties has gone all in on "alternative facts" and knows it doesn't matter how much they lie. This is what it looks like when one of our two major political parties understands its base is so incapable of discerning the truth that they will believe anything they're told no matter how "absurd" it is.

This is what morally and intellectually bankrupt political party looks like and this is what it looks like when they're killing our democracy.